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Op. 21, Concerto in F minor, Mvt II

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Issues : No pedal release mark

b. 26

composition: Op. 21, Concerto in F minor, Mvt II

 at end of bar in A & GE2

No sign in GE1 (→FE)

 after 5. quaver in EE
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Omission of the  sign in GE1 (→FE) is certainly a mistake. The sign was added in EE (arbitrarily) and GE2 (after A).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in GE , No pedal release mark

b. 72

composition: Op. 21, Concerto in F minor, Mvt II

 in A & GE2

No sign in GE1 (→FE→EE)
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The missing  sign in GE1 (→FE→EE) is certainly an oversight of the engraver of GE1. The mistake was corrected in GE2 after A.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE , GE revisions , No pedal release mark

b. 82

composition: Op. 21, Concerto in F minor, Mvt II

 in A

No pedalling in GE1 (→FE)

 &  in EE & GE2

 & [] suggested by the editors
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The missing  sign in A must be considered an inaccuracy of notation. In the main text, we add the sign after analogous bar 14. The absence of indications in GE1 (→FE) is certainly a mistake, revised in EE and GE2.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , Errors in GE , No pedal release mark

b. 88

composition: Op. 21, Concerto in F minor, Mvt II

No pedal markings in A & GE2

 in GE1 (→FE→EE)

Supplement suggested by the editors
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No pedalling on the 4th beat of the bar is most probably a result of Chopin's distraction – the notation of pedalling stops in A on the  sign in the middle of the bar, perhaps due to lack of ink; after returning to writing, the composer could have been occupied with another issue. In a very similar context in bar 20, the pedalling – pedal on each beat of the bar – is written in the entire bar. The addition of  in GE1 (→FE→EE) is probably a routine revision – it is hard to imagine that, when adding pedalling, Chopin would have overlooked the accented chord on the 4th beat of the bar. When removing the sign, the reviser of GE2 could have considered that it would be better to leave a general  indication on the 3rd beat rather than to suggest no pedalling on the 4th one.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , No pedal release mark , Inaccuracies in A